We're very excited to announce that BBC's Comedy Classroom - which we mentioned in our blog in July 2016 - is returning this year.

The new competition, Red Nose Day Comedy Classroom, is aimed at 6-12 year olds, asking them to write and submit three original jokes.

On the website there are free curriculum-linked lesson plans, a flexible teaching guide and some tips and tricks on how to get pupils writing comedy. The resources have been produced in conjunction with the National Literacy Trust.

Have a look at this BBC Ouch! article on last month's Dyspla Arts Festival which focussed on handwritten work produced by people with dyslexia.

When asked why she wanted to showcase handwritten work, Lennie Varvarides of Dyspla said "Because we want to celebrate our dyslexia, not hide it behind a perfect piece of text that can be produced on a computer using spellcheck and specialist software."